Sunday May 14, 1972
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Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 14, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Tigers 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Royals 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 x - 8 11 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG I. Brown 2b 1 1 1 1 1 0 .333 Patek ss 4 2 2 2 1 0 .245 McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Otis cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .244 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .267 Scheinblum rf 3 1 1 3 2 1 .273 Kaline rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .259 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .326 Freehan c 3 0 1 2 1 0 .338 Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Horton lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .233 Kirkpatrick c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .324 Cash 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .343 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Stanley cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .387 Schaal 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .186 Brinkman ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Splittorff p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Seelbach p 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hovley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 G. Brown ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .382 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jata ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Burgmeier p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Meeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Strampe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Northrup ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .164 Totals 33 4 9 4 4 2 Totals 33 8 11 8 6 1 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 10,326 Left on Base: Tigers 7, Royals 7 DP: Tigers 1, Royals 2 Doubles: Schaal (4), Patek (3) Triples: Freehan (1) Home Runs: Scheinblum (1) Stolen Bases: Otis (3) Caught Stealing: Rojas (3) Sacrifice Flies: Kaline (2) GIDP: Kaline (3), Stanley (2), Schaal (4) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seelbach L(0-1) 4.2 6 5 5 4 0 1 23 4.50 Perranoski 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Meeler 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.00 Timmermann 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.56 Scherman 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 0 5 2.77 Strampe 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 54.00 Totals 8 11 8 8 6 1 1 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 2.2 3 4 4 3 0 0 13 2.79 Dal Canton W(2-2) 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.72 Nelson 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.91 Burgmeier SV(1) 3.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 1.69 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 2 0 38 Wild Pitches: Seelbach (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Nestor Chylak TIGERS 1ST: I. Brown walked; Rodriguez forced I. Brown (pitcher to shortstop); Kaline grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas walked; Kirkpatrick singled to shortstop [Rojas to second]; Seelbach threw a wild pitch [Rojas to third, Kirkpatrick to second]; Mayberry lined to second; Schaal doubled to right [Rojas scored, Kirkpatrick scored]; Splittorff popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 2. TIGERS 3RD: Stanley flied out to right; Brinkman singled to left; Seelbach walked [Brinkman to second]; I. Brown singled to right [Brinkman scored, Seelbach to second]; Rodriguez walked [Seelbach to third, I. Brown to second]; Kaline hit a sacrifice fly to center [Seelbach scored, I. Brown to third, Rodriguez to second (on throw)]; Freehan tripled to right [I. Brown scored, Rodriguez scored]; DAL CANTON REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Horton flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; Otis forced Patek (second to shortstop); Scheinblum walked [Otis to second]; Piniella made an out to second; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 2. TIGERS 4TH: Cash was called out on strikes; Stanley singled to left; Brinkman flied out to left; Seelbach grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: MCAULIFFE REPLACED I. BROWN (PLAYING 2B); Kirkpatrick walked; Mayberry flied out to center; Schaal grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 2. TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; Kaline flied out to right; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek walked; Otis singled to right [Patek to third]; Otis stole second; Scheinblum homered [Patek scored, Otis scored]; Piniella lined to left; Rojas singled to center; PERRANOSKI REPLACED SEELBACH (PITCHING); Rojas was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 5. TIGERS 6TH: NELSON REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Horton singled to right; Cash forced Horton (second to shortstop); Stanley singled to left [Cash to second]; Brinkman popped to third in foul territory; G. BROWN BATTED FOR PERRANOSKI; BURGMEIER REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); JATA BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Jata grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 5. ROYALS 6TH: MEELER REPLACED JATA (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick singled to right; Mayberry forced Kirkpatrick (first to shortstop); Schaal flied out to right; Burgmeier forced Mayberry (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 5. TIGERS 7TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez lined to left; Kaline flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: Patek flied out to center; Otis singled to right; Scheinblum walked [Otis to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED MEELER (PITCHING); Piniella flied out to right; Rojas forced Scheinblum (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 5. TIGERS 8TH: Freehan walked; Horton singled to right [Freehan to third]; Cash made an out to shortstop; Stanley grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Horton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick made an out to shortstop; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Schaal walked; Burgmeier singled to left [Schaal to second]; Patek doubled to left [Schaal scored, Burgmeier scored]; STRAMPE REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Otis singled to center [Patek scored]; Scheinblum struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 8. TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR STRAMPE; Northrup singled to right; McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 8.

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